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Virginia schools sue Trump administration over transgender student funding fight – Politico

Virginia schools sue Trump administration over transgender student funding fight  Politico Two Va. school districts sue U.S. Education Dept. in fight over gender policies  The Washington Post Arlington, Fairfax school systems sue Education Department over funding freeze tied to gender policies  WTOP Trump Admin Faces Lawsuit From One of Largest US School Districts: Report  Newsweek Fairfax, Arlington schools sue Department of Education over transgender …

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Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects

Trump administration cancels 9 million in funding for offshore wind projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News the Trump administration has not communicated with his state on a reported plan to send military forces to Chicago, calling the idea an “invasion” and arguing President Trump has “other aims” aside from cracking down on crime. Asked about a possible military deployment to America’s third-largest city, which was recently reported by The …

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Trump administration pushes states to cut LGBTQ+ topics from sex ed

Trump administration pushes states to cut LGBTQ+ topics from sex ed

President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or that they will lose funding. The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January to recognize people as only male or female and to …

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Trump administration cuts funding for US offshore wind industry

Trump administration cuts funding for US offshore wind industry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. Funding for projects in 11 states was rescinded, including $435 million for a floating wind farm in Northern California and $47 million to boost an offshore …

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Senator: Trump administration plans to remove 700 Guatemalan children

Senator: Trump administration plans to remove 700 Guatemalan children

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s “child welfare mandate and this country’s long-established obligation to these children,” Wyden told Angie Salazar, acting …

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Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while the …

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Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Facebook Tweet Email Link A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while …

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Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans

A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status, or TPS, for Venezuelans while the …

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